Can you teach with NP degree

[sargentrn]

I was wondering if one can teach in a nursing school with an NP degree or is an MSN in education required. I'm not sure which route I want to go, but if it's possible to teach with a NP degree, I would probably go that way for more career options.

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

The short answer is yes, you can. I've done it (I did teach graduate students) and I've known others who did it, as well.

Practicing pays better, though.

[sargentrn]

Thank you. It is surprising to me that teaching pays less. In central Ohio, I'm finding that NP doesn't pay much more than I make as a staff nurse. The average I've found is around $40/hr.

[elkpark]

The MSN (any MSN) is the entry level for teaching at the university level, and you will find that most faculty have a clinical MSN degree -- only a small minority of the people teaching nursing actually have MSNs in nursing education. Schools of nursing prefer to have a faculty with as wide a variety of clinical backgrounds as possible, and, if you start looking at position postings, you'll find that schools are often advertising specifically for a PNP, ANP, CNM, etc.

And, yes, in nearly all cases teaching nursing pays less than the same person could make in clinical practice. Often a lot less. No one in nursing goes into teaching for the money!!